14-05-2025
Chicago man in ICU after getting run down by SUV on municipal golf course
A 70-year-old golfer is in intensive care at a Chicago-area hospital after an SUV hit him as he played at a 9-hole municipal golf course just 10 minutes from downtown.
The victim was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, and authorities said he was still there on Tuesday.
According to a story at CBS Chicago, the incident took place around 5:30 p.m. on Monday evening at Billy Caldwell Golf Course, which is located in the Chicago neighborhood of Edgebrook.
Here's more from CBS Chicago:
Police received reports of the SUV driving erratically through the property, according to a press release. The vehicle entered the course from the main parking lot and drove onto the green.
"I look up and there's a car barreling down the fairway of the fourth hole. He drove in through the parking lot area, he was doing laps," witness Larry Kero told NBC Chicago.
Kero said the driver of the vehicle was displaying a knife while driving around the golf course.
"All of the sudden, the guy busts out a knife, yelling and screaming as he was driving around. It was a good eight-inch knife, he had the knife holding out the window," Kero said.
Witnesses reported an employee jumped into another vehicle and chased the man as he drove around the course.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Chicago man in ICU after run down by SUV on municipal golf course
